Nikolaos van Dam

Nikolaos van Dam
Born	1 April 1945 (1945-04-01) (age 66) Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Occupation	Diplomat and author
Language	Arabic, Dutch, and English
Nationality	Dutch
Education	Doctor in Literature
Alma mater	University of Amsterdam
Notable work(s)	The struggle for power in Syria: sectarianism, regionalism and tribalism in politics, 1961–1994
Notable award(s)	Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; Knight Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Spouse(s)	Marinka van Dam-Bogaerts
Children	4
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Nikolaos van Dam (born 1 April 1945, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands) is a Middle East scholar, former Dutch Ambassador to Iraq, Egypt, and Indonesia, and author.^[1]

Van Dam studied Arabic and Political & Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam (cum laude), where he obtained the degree of Doctor in Literature in 1977. He taught Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Amsterdam (1970–75), was First Secretary at the Netherlands Embassy in Beirut, covering Lebanon, Jordan and Cyprus (1980–83), Chargé d'Affaires of the Netherlands in Tripoli, Libya(1983–85), and Deputy Director for African and Middle Eastern Affairs at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1985–88). He was also Ambassador of the Netherlands in Baghdad, Iraq (1988–91; accredited until 2004), in Cairo, covering Egypt and Palestinian occupied territories (1991–96), in Ankara, covering Turkey and Azerbaijan (1996–99), in Bonn & Berlin, Germany (1999–2005), and in Jakarta (credentials presented on 8 September 2005), covering Indonesia and Timor-Leste (2005–; credentials presented on 8 February 2006).^[2]

Author

He is the author of The struggle for power in Syria: sectarianism, regionalism, and tribalism in politics, 1961–1978, الصراع على السلطة فى سوريا: الطائفية واﻹقليمية والعشائرية فى السياسة – الطبعة الإلكترونية, Taylor & Francis, 1979, ISBN 0856647039,^[3] and the subsequent The struggle for power in Syria: sectarianism, regionalism and tribalism in politics, 1961–1994, 1995.^[4]

Decorations

• Knight in the Order of Orange Nassau – The Netherlands (1983)
• Officer in the Order of Orange Nassau – The Netherlands (1991)
• Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (2003)
• Knight Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2005)

External links

• Official website

References

1. ^ Countering terrorism and insurgency in the 21st century: international perspectives, Volume 3, p. 433, James J. F. Forest, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007, ISBN 0275990370, 9780275990374, accessed 19 December 2009
2. ^ ""Ambassade van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in Jakarta, Indonesië: Curriculum Vitae, Dr. Nikolaos van Dam, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands in Jakarta," website of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Indonesia, accessed 19 December 2009". Mfa.nl. http://www.mfa.nl/aspx/get.aspx?xdl=/views/post/xdl/page&SitIdt=242&VarIdt=194&ItmIdt=42131. Retrieved 18 March 2010. 
3. ^ The struggle for power in Syria: sectarianism, regionalism, and tribalism in politics, 1961–1978, Nikolaos van Dam, Taylor & Francis, 1979, ISBN 0856647039, 9780856647031, accessed 19 December 2009
4. ^ ''The struggle for power in Syria: sectarianism, regionalism and tribalism in politics, 1961–1994'', 1995, accessed 19 December 2009. Books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=TbDVOwAACAAJ&dq=Nikolaos+van+Dam&cd=2. Retrieved 18 March 2010. 

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Name	Dam, Nikolaos van
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Date of birth	1 April 1945
Place of birth	Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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